Fresh off the July recess, San Jose's City Council reconvenes Tuesday to start a new fiscal year. With a pension reform settlement out of the way, it's time to talk trestle. The Willow Glen trestle

Kartma will employ formerly homeless people and equip them with not only the skills to brew gourmet coffee but to staff, stock, market and otherwise run a small business.

A federal lawsuit filed Monday levels new allegations of racial profiling by the San Jose Police Department.

Kathryn Steinle’s killing by an unauthorized immigrant in San Francisco has riled the national debate about so-called "sanctuary cities."

Silicon Valley’s largest vocational training and adult education agency, the Metropolitan Education District, has lost its accreditation to train teachers. The downward spiral has been a long time coming.

At a certain point one has to wonder if this has been Superintendent Jon Gundry’s plan all along: change disclosure policies on consulting contracts; discreetly hand out a bunch of big-dollar deals; fire the internal watchdogs; and rule through fear and intimidation so any other objectors resign.

San Jose Police Chief Larry Esquivel on Wednesday announced his plan to retire in early 2016.

At the Vatican this morning and before an audience that included Pope Francis, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo spoke about affordable housing as a solution to Silicon Valley's chasmic gap between rich and poor.

Congressman Mike Honda has spent more than $65,000 in campaign funds to defend himself from a House ethics probe. That's not why most donors give money to a candidate up for re-election, but how Honda targeted these contributors might be considered even more offensive.

San Jose police began field testing body cameras Monday, the latest push for the technology after years of false starts.

The House Committee on Ethics announced Monday that it will extend its investigation into improper coordination between Congressman Mike Honda's campaign and his House staff.

Plans to revamp an old office building on the corner of First and Santa Clara streets are too drab and unambitious for the city center, according to the San Jose Downtown Association.

Richard Blum, husband of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, has profited handsomely from the subprime mortgage debacle of 2008.

San Jose's nastiest political battle is no more. On Wednesday, the city reached a pension reform settlement agreement with its police union, ending a three-year court battle after voters passed Measure B in June 2012.

For the last several months, the Office of Congressional Ethics has been reviewing alleged improper coordination between Mike Honda’s campaign and his official House staff.

San Jose's mayor and City Council members flouted state open meeting laws at least three times this year, according to city officials.